Crime scene investigators Tom Johnson (left) and Philip Snead look inside a vacant home on Dugas Street after a shooting.

Nathan Johnson III and Shaneshia Smith, both 27, were sent to Medical College of Georgia Hospital and were stable. The toddler was critical but stable, according to a news release from Richmond County sheriff’s Sgt. James R. Kelly.

Investigators say the three victims were inside a house in the 1000 block of 13th Street, when two black men wearing masks went in through the front door, shouting and pointing guns at them. The intruders shot all three and ran out the door again, the release says.

The house is at the intersection with Dugas Street. The 1200 block of Dugas Street was cordoned off with crime scene tape Tuesday night.

There were numbered markers all over the nearby sidewalk, and three crime scene investigation vehicles and a dog unit had responded.

The investigation was still in its early stages, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday night.

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What we need is more prisons and more judges that know how to use them. More cops are always a good thing but they can't prevent crime. What prevents crime is locking up criminals the first time they do something and throwing away the key. Catch and release is great for fishing but it don't work for scum sucking thieves and violent criminals.

Everytime I hear of another invasion....it makes my chest hurt and my throat close. I'm raising a 3 1/2 yr old right now who was 3 months old when his father was murdered by 5 teens. But, by the grace of God, he is alive. I can only pray for our country to be safe...I just can't find it in me to pray for any mercy on anyone who would hurt people...and especially children.

Same story.....Different address. This happens about once a week here in Augusta, and it is in just a few neighborhoods. Entitlement programs and lack of values are what cause crimes like these. Liberals have worked very hard for the past 40 years to destroy families and create a dependent society....Of course the liberals do NOT live in the world they created and only care about the votes they receive so THEY can live their lives of luxury. Wake up inner cities! You have been used.

if they come my way, they dont have to worry about prison or youth prisons, they will die! thats what its coming to. mamas, dont let your kids grow up to be thumpers(remake of willie nelson cowboy song)

The Hill area Brad is patrolled just like other areas in this community. I guess what makes us different than other areas is that we continue to stay vigilant and watch out for each other and actually report crimes and report suspicious behavior. We don't take it laying down. Not only do we report it to the police but to each other. We are aware of crime and have been targeted. Believe me. We have had our share of crime! So don't go wishing it on us, that is not the attitude that this community needs. I work hard volunteering my time in crime ridden areas and hope that someday that this ridiculous crime will stop. People in all areas need to become more vigilant and actually start reporting the people who are committing these heinous crimes. Someone somewhere knows these thugs that committed this crime. Report it! Communities need to stop waiting on the police to solve all their problems. Safe neighborhoods aren't created by the police....it's the citizens responsibility too.

Seenitb4, It will not stop until the liberal bleeding hearts stop crying capital punishment is cruel, the liberal judges say cook them or put them to sleep perm, and people learn to use and possess firearms and protect there selves. My stays on my belt the whole time I am awake. Never know when a two legged rattlesnake will come in the house and I have to kill it. The legal system is not helping the bankrupt country and states and counties holding the idiots for years at some of them over a million dollars per year.

dichotomy and Brad are both right. We need more officers out on a beat and more sub-stations in areas that have high crime. Thugs will not be as brazen when they know law enforcement is being taken seriously, but also, once arrested and convicted, they need to be given real sentences and should be made to serve them. We have a problem in both lack of police presence and lack of these nuts being put away.

sugarbutton, may the Lord bless you and your son, I'm sorry for your loss.

Brad, I live in the area you are talking about and we have calling post which calls everone in the neighborhood association when a crime is committed or about any odd activity. We also have had a person going in homes and stealing the pocketbooks in the Forest Hills area where my mother lives and that is just a hop from the substation at Daniel Village.. Crime does happen in thesse areas but it is being done by people that do not live there.